Norway, 1996, 15 Kr. 13 (1/4) x 13. red and violet

Catalogues:
Michel: 1227
Scott: 1140
Stanley Gibbons: 1251
Yvert et Tellier: 1184

The stamp is depicting a scene from most famous work of Skram, "People of Hellemyr". Pessimism, poverty and brutality are subjects in these novels. A nine hours long theatre performance based on this tetralogy was an enormous success in Bergen 1992. On this stamp we can see 3 actresses, Elisabeth Matheson, Wenche Kvamme and Unni Kristin Skagestad.

Plots: Skram Amalie